Rio Rancho police surrounded the home of Sgt. Patrick Ficke on Sunday. Their goal was to take Ficke into custody while he was inside the house, but a short time later all the officers left even though Ficke had not been arrested.

Police said Ficke was arrested for was drunk and in possession of a gun when he hit his wife on Sunday.

Action 7 News reporter Will Carr asked Rio Rancho Sgt. Nicholas Onken on Tuesday whether his department would have treated someone other than a police officer differently under the same circumstances.

"Absolutely not," Onken said. "We don't vary our tactics. We don't vary our responses to these incidences based on the employment of the individual involved."

Onken said Ficke didn't come to the door and was thought to be the only person in the house. At the time, Ficke was not facing felony charges, so Rio Rancho police obtained an arrest warrant. Ficke eventually turned himself in to police.

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